Exclusive: Under Arab pressure, UN set to reject vetted nominee, instead pick Indonesian with partisan record as next Palestine investigator
Diplomats say that Indonesia's former UN envoy is slated to become the next Human Rights Council monitor for Palestinian issues, but his objectivity is being questioned
GENEVA, – According to an exclusive report by the Geneva-based UN Watch monitoring group, diplomats report that the UN Human Rights Council president, under intense lobbying from Arab states, is planning to reject a U.S. academic who was vetted to become the next human rights monitor for the Palestinian territories, and instead give the high-level post this Friday to Indonesia's former UN ambassador, Makarim Wibisono.